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14214 ／いせはらし

Isehara City

The hole narrows; the core can't pierce.

Oyama koma, craft technique

Photo by Araisyohei (CC BY 4.0)

01 ／ Hojobo main hall

A thatched main hall rebuilt in 1660.Some of its timbers date from the Kamakura period.

A nationally designated Important Cultural Property. A seven-bay thatched hall with a hipped roof, about 22.7 m wide, 17 m deep and 17.7 m high. It was rebuilt in 1660 (Manji 3) using timbers from the earlier hall. A survey during the conservation repair of 2010 to 2016 found that Kamakura-period timbers were used.

Important Cultural Property (designated 26 December 1995)
About 22.7 m wide, 17 m deep, 17.7 m high
Rebuilt in 1660 (Manji 3)

02 ／ Kushihashi medieval stone pagodas

In a corner of a residential area,38 or more medieval stone pagodas stand together.

Designated by the city. Gorinto, hokyoin-to, hoto and fragments of itabi stand together. The gorinto span the 13th to the late 16th century. Locally it is passed down as the grave of Zenba Taro, but the city notes that this cannot be confirmed because the stones bear no inscriptions.

City-designated cultural property (designated 26 April 2005)
38 or more stone pagodas
Gorinto from the 13th to the late 16th century

03 ／ Hachimandai Stone Age dwelling sites

Jomon paved-stone dwelling siteswere found at two spots on the same plateau.

A nationally designated historic site. In 1932 Jomon pottery and flat stones turned up in a field, and surveys in 1933 and 1934 confirmed one paved-stone dwelling site at each of two spots. No. 1 is an oval 6 m north to south and 3.4 m east to west; most of its paving is andesite from the Izu region.

Historic site (designated 28 December 1934)
No. 1 surveyed in 1933, No. 2 in 1934
No. 2: river stones over an 8.5 m area

Isehara City from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot October 2019)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

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Living here

47 minutes to Shinjuku, with no change of trains.

about 100,000 people
60 min to a city centre

From Isehara Station on the Odakyu Odawara Line, the fastest Romancecar limited express reaches Shinjuku in 47 minutes; a limited express ticket is required in addition to the fare. The rapid express takes 52 minutes on weekdays and 53 on weekends and holidays. The gateway is the north exit of Isehara Station.

People living here: 101,780people
Area: 55.56km²
Households: 45,361households
Rent (average for rentals): 56,927yen
Healthcare: 3 hospitals ／ 67 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —12 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

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Where you can go from here.

Isehara City in Japan35.403°N 139.315°E

to ShinjukuOdakyu Romancecar47min

Travel times follow 小田急電鉄の伊勢原駅上り時刻表（小田急公式の時刻表ページが埋め込む NAVITIME 配信の時刻表と、各列車の停車駅ページ。2026-10-21 時点。平日は 2026-10-21、土休日は 2026-10-25 の列を読んだ） (checked 2026-10-21). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 3 municipalities.

Territory of Isehara City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.Lakes: National Land Numerical Information (Lake Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari. Prepared with the approval of the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, using its Digital Map 25000 (Spatial Data Framework) and Digital Map 25000 (Place Names and Public Facilities). (承認番号平27情使、第585号)

North to south

8.7km

Atsugi City, Hiratsuka City, Hadano City

Isehara City isthis kind of town.

01Oyama koma are wooden toys made from Oyama timber by Oyama craftsmen, a representative souvenir of Oyama pilgrimage since the Edo period. The technique was selected by the national government as an intangible folk cultural property for which records should be made (22 March 2023), and is also designated by the city
02The main hall of Hojobo (Hinata Yakushi) is a nationally designated Important Cultural Property, a seven-bay thatched hall rebuilt in 1660 using timbers from the earlier hall. At Kushihashi, 38 or more medieval stone pagodas stand together as a city-designated group
03The Hachimandai Stone Age dwelling sites are a nationally designated historic site. Signposts were set up along the Oyama roads leading to Mt. Oyama, and 113 have been identified in the city, including past records (14 are city-registered cultural properties)

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